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Captured Rain In The Face - Custer’s Slayer
HUGGINS, Eli Lundy (1852-1929). U.S. Brig, General. Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor “for distinguished gallantry” in action against Ogalalla Sioux Indians, Montana, April 1, 1880. He received the surrender of Rain-In-The-Face, the slayer of General George A. Custer and 800 other Sioux Indians in October 1880. D.S. Mar. 1, 1903, Washington, DC. Check on the Riggs National bank with a cachet of the bank building. Made out to W.F. Clark for $17.14 and signed by Huggins. Cancellation holes do touch his signature in a few places. Small piece torn from bottom left corner still quite farmable.............. $185.00
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